VOLADOR Freeride Longboard Cruiser | Maple Wood Deck| Drop Through Longboard Complete

My daughter is going off to college in the fall to California. While she was visiting there she saw lots of longboarders on the campuses and figured she had to have one, so we embarked on doing a ton of online research and arrived at the Volador Freeride Longboard. Given the circumstances of her being a new rider, and being value conscious consumers, we concluded that the Volador was a good choice. It has good all-around components. The bearings are ABEC9, meaning theyre manufactured to exacting tolerances. The trucks are 40 degree, meaning they are amateur friendly and arent going to be overly twitchy at speed. The wheels are 78A, meaning they arent too soft that they wear out fast and not too slow to accelerate. Theyre neither so hard that youre going to feel every imperfection in the tarmac and lack grip. In other words, all the components seem very well matched for both the board and the rider. So we get the board and start bombing down our driveway! Well, not right away, but we (meaning I) got there by the end of the day. In the meantime my teenager daughter, 10 year old son, and I took turns on the board and all had such a great time, that we all decided we each needed to get our own board. The board is a lot of fun and a great value! $70 seemed like a lot of money to me at first, but it seems like a bargain now! I have since continued my research (because my daughter will no longer allow my heavy, risk-taking self on her board) going into skate shops and I cannot say I can tell a difference between this Volador and boards costing up to $200. I have every expectation that the board will hold up and provide years of service. Time will tell of course, but for now, I have to give it 5 stars for initial overall service, value, and performance!

so, this was my first longboard ever. i had been riding a ripstick for years, and as more and more of my friends kept purchasing long boards, i found myself being left behind the pack quite often. i figured it was time to pick one up. i pulled it out of the box, and i was ecstatic. the board is very high quality, especially for the price. the wood is sturdy and feels right. the decals on the top and bottom are beautiful, sharp, and clean, just like the pictures. as for the riding, it’s is pretty great. i rides very smoothly and quietly. the trucks came a bit tight, but i was a beginner so i ran with it. this, obviously, is a very easy fix and isn’t a gripe. there’s only two gripes i had with this board. one is very nitpicky. the plastic that the board comes wrapped in was wrapped between the trucks and the deck. which means i needed to loosen the trucks to remove it. like i said, that’s very nitpicky. the other gripe i have is the bearings aren’t going to last long. when i got them, if i were to doing the wheels, they’d make maybe 4-6 rotations. now, after about 5 days of excessive riding, i maybe get 2-3. That’s all for this layman’s review on this board.

So I ordered one of these because my sister has had for a year and its still in great shape. The board rides really smooth and has a nice amount of flex. It feels sturdy and not cheap. I am brand new to longboarding and wished I had found the hobby sooner. As a beginner, I think this is definitely worth the $60 I paid for it. However, I ordered the solar color, which has the solar system and a black space background in the product picture. The board I received has the same design but the space background is pastel pink. Im not sure if anyone else has experienced this if they ordered the solar board. The pink is cool and is growing on me every time I look at it, but it still took me by surprise.

So, after several month of using this board, I have to say the previous model of this board was much better than this one, for many reasons. Of course, this current board (at least the new designs) is a new build for the board. It feels very stiff before breaking everything in, but after a while of using it everything becomes a lot looser and smoother basically. I would recommend switching out the bearings after about 2 months of use just because theyre not the best but they get the job done for whatever youre doing. The board itself is concave which is nice because it allows for easy maneuvering of your feet and allow everything to feel a lot smoother, at least in my experience. The one thing I dont like about this is how stiff it feels. Its not as flexible as before, and even if there was no flex before it felt like there was. I dont know how to explain it, but its just a different feel. Also, i noticed on my specific board some of the screws on the plates holding the trucks through the drop-through hole were coming loose, so you might wanna watch those screws to make sure nothing comes out and messes stuff up. Overall, this board is amazing for anyone who is looking at a cheap-end board that works for just about anything. The build is amazing and feels high quality, and doesnt seem to make any expenses right off the bat. Great board for the price, and will last long considering I had to buy a new one cause the one that I bought a year ago was super worn from use. In any case, I would recommend this board 100%

this board is absolutely amazing! it’s beyond my expectations at its low price and it’s definitely comparable to thrasher, santa cruise, and other top selling boards. it’s worth much more than what i even payed for and it could easily be compared to $200 dollar boards. turning is INSANELY easy, it rides very smooth, even on alaska roads, and the bottom design is absolutely gorgeous! even more beautiful than in the picture, my jaw dropped when i first saw it!!! the grip tape is very nice and sturdy with an also beautiful yet simple design, and my friend bought a board from volador as well and they’re both definitely worth the low price we payed for. i’m only 12 and a beginner at boarding but riding this i almost feel like a pro. i love your boards and they’re extraordinary designs and i would definitely recommend them to anybody who would want a sturdy board even if they’re willing to pay for more expensive ones. THANK YOU VOLADOR!!!

Ive had this board for about a month now, and Ive got to say I have no problems with it. Im new to longboarding, so I hear that replacing the bearings should happen on this board, but Ive been using the default ones, and they work really well. I dont have any reason for me to upgrade them myself because I feel I go fast enough, and any difference I can make with the bearings would be a small improvement. I probably will, but since Im new, Im a-okay with the default ones. Also I was concerned with which board would be able to support me. Im a heavy guy weighing from around 240-250. The weight limit from the manufacturer is 250, and I can confirm that this seems to be the case. I never feel like Im going to break the board. Given that, there is a small amount of flex. This was another thing I was initially converned with when purchasing, but the flex isnt a whole lot. It seems to flex for people of all weights, but not that it flexes on me any more than someone who weighs around 150. I really like the flex so that way it absorbs some of the shock from going over cracks or some pebbles or rough ground. The durability is something that is incredible. As someone who is right at the weight limit, I would expect for a board priced at $60 to have some problems show up, but I can confirm, the ride is just as good as the first day I got it. I ride pretty often, and Ive ridden twice on this route that is 10.5 miles. (I would say Ive ridden somewhere in the ball park of 30-45 miles on my board). Everything is great! One thing however, the wheels are pretty hard, so you should watch out for pebbles while riding. Also because of my extensive riding, my white wheels arent white anymore. Its all good, I might be able to restore its initial color after some time of scrubbing. Also the design is really awesome! Koi fish on the top, and the solar system on the bottom! Couldnt get it better than that! I highly recommend this board especially if youre a beginner like me.

Its been almost 18 months since I gave this board to my then 12 yr old daughter for xmas. She asked for a longboard and gave me no other details because she didnt know any: she had been riding her cousins board, and this is what prompted her to ask for her own. And I dont ride skateboards myself (when I fall off a board, I prefer for there to be water rather than concrete beneath me). After doing a bit on reading online, I determined that a drop-through was the way to go because of the enhanced stability inherent to that design; I also concluded that bearings are pretty inexpensive to upgrade, so if the time came that my daughter was proficient enough to want more speed that could easily be accomplished via better bearings, wheels, and maybe even trucks, but for the time being, wheels that didnt spin too fast were actually a virtue. All of that was what I got with this board: a very solid, stable deck that is still extremely easy to turn, but with pretty slow wheels/bearings. And just as Id envisioned, this wasnt a bad thing for a young beginner. My daughter got pretty decent on the board; despite a couple of good spills about six months later she was bugging me for upgrades to be able to go faster, so we installed a basic set of Reds trucks and wheels, just about doubling the glide with a couple pushes. Another benefit of the upgraded trucks was that I was able to torque them down and make the board more stable without much loss of turning radius, as for whatever reason, this deck just turns well no matter what kind of wheels are on it. So if youre looking for a competition level, downhill racing board, this is not the one for you. On the other hand though, if you want something solid and stable to learn on, this board is the perfect choice. For >$50 more, you can upgrade it into a very respectable commuter/mid-level board.

DEFINITELY will buy another one again some day for my sister. Bought one for myself and i learned how to long board with this! I dont do any crazy boarding with this but after a year of going over some hills, I can say with confidence that this long board is smooth to ride on, stable, comfortable, easy to learn skateboarding/longboarding with, AND LOOKS AMAZING. Im happy about this purchase. Im 6 ft 2, 210 pounds. I was riding this no problem even when i was 220 pounds! Feels solid and I love this board!!!! EDIT: Still a great board. been using this for more than a year now! Not daily, but when I need it, it rides great!

This was my very first board and I loved every second I rode on it. Everything about this board was smooth. The wheels and bearings let me move through campus easily and the trucks let the board turn whenever I needed it to. The only really problem was with the trucks, they squeeked a lot whenever you turned. This could be solved if you loosened the trucks a bit. For me, this board was perfect I would always borrow me friends boards whenever were out. The boards would either be too rigid, too flexible, or felt like they didnt turn at all. This board was a perfect balance of everything that made me always want to get back onto my board. The board does have a kick tail so it can be used for tricks whenever youre cruising. Im not skilled at tricks so the board experience some abuse over the months. Sadly, I put a little too much of my weight (only weight 170) on one end of the board and it snapped at the trucks. Im already missing the board and am definitely going to get it again once I can scrounge up some money for it (College life). Would recommend this board for anyone looking to get one for cruising.

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